MONITORING DATA
Figure 1. UV Monitoring Network Map
As of December 2007, we have a network of 24 monitoring sites throughout Japan. On this website, we provide the following data from each of the sites: instantaneous values, hourly values, daily values, monthly values in graph form and monthly values as digital data.
Click on a site on the map below to jump to a page with the data from that site. The pages are only available in Japanese. We apologize for the inconvenience.
| Monitoring Sites / Organizations | Location | Categories | Time Period | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV-A | UV-B | Amount of Global
Solar Radiation |
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| NIES | 1. Cape Ochi-ishi Office | Nemuro City, Hokkaido | yes | yes | yes | 1998. 6-- |
| 2. Rikubetsu Office | Ashoro Municipality, Hokkaido | yes | yes | yes | 1999. 7-- | |
| 3. Tomakomai Office | Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2000. 9--2004. 9 | |
| 4. Tsukuba Office | Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2000. 6-- | |
| 5. Kasumigaseki Office | Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo | yes | yes | yes | 1994.11--2003. 9 | |
| 6. Fuji Hokuroku Office | Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2006.1-- | |
| 7. Hateruma Office | Yaeyama Municipality, Okinawa Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1998. 6-- | |
| Partners | 1. Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences | Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2005.12-- |
| 2. Apple Environment Network/Aomori University | Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1995. 9-- | |
| 3. Tohoku University | Shida Municipality, Miyagi Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1996.5-- | |
| 4. Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute for Environmental Protection | Koto Ward, Tokyo | yes | yes | yes | 2003.10-- | |
| 5. Kyoritsu Women's University | Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo | yes | yes | yes | 1995. 8-- | |
| 6. Yokohama National University | Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1999. 3-- | |
| 7. Tokai University | Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1990.10-- | |
| 8. Shonan Institute of Technology | Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1995. 7-- | |
| 9. Yamanashi Prefecture | Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1996. 7--2006.3 | |
| 10．National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science | Chita Municipality, Aichi Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1996. 4-- | |
| 11．Nagoya University | Toyokawa City, Aichi Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | UV-A, UV-B: 1999.11-- Global Solar Radiation: 2000. 4-- |
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| 12．Kyoto Women's University | Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2002. 3-- | |
| 13．University of Hyogo | Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1998. 2-- | |
| 14．Nara Women's University | Nara City, Nara Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1997. 6-- | |
| 15．Tottori University | Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1998. 1-- | |
| 16．Tottori Prefecture | Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1999. 1-- | |
| 17．Okayama Prefecture | Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1997. 4-- | |
| 18．Saga Prefecture | Saga City, Saga Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1993.11-- Only UV-A: 2004. 3-- |
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| 19．University of Miyazaki / Miyazaki Hamayukai | Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2004. 4-- | |
| 20．Okinawa National College of Technology | Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2005. 9-- | |
| 21．Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute | Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2006. 2-- | |
| 22．Miyazaki Prefectural Institute for Public Health and Environment | Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture | yes | yes | 2007. 4-- | ||
| 23．Kumamoto Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science | Udo City, Kumamoto Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 1998. 4-- | |
| 24．Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing | Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture | yes | yes | yes | 2008. 4-- | |
See: UV Monitoring Network Data (currently only available in Japanese)
